St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-07-23
TRAFFIC IN LITTLE GIRLS.
Some Horrible Revelations Made Public
By the Chief of Police CT
Ottawa, Ont.
Prominent Men Engaged in the Ruin Of
Children Not Over Twelve Years
of Age.
a CHICAGO Boodler Turns States Evi-
dence, and Tells How the People
We're Robbed.
An Opium Smuggling Case at San Fran
cisco Which Nay Have Further
Developments.
Special TO the Globe.


Press Of this city has created tre-
mendOus sensation by the publication
Of an interview with Chief Of Police
McVeity, in which he acknowledges
that precisely similar state Of affairs
exists i'll Ottawa to-day as the Pail Mall
Gazette two years ago showed to exist
in London Chief Novelty said: ''All
sorts of men are implicated, professional
men civil servants, tradesmen and
others. The children are enticed III
some cases to chambers, i'll
others into offices, and sometimes
into stores. These men give them
money whenever they want it. In one
case man gave a girl So to hush the
matter up, and had to give another a
similar sum because she knew OF 1t.
The children are mostly about eleven
years old, and in many cases do not
know the evil they are doing. When
they get little older
THEY BECOME RECRUITERS,
and receive money from these men for
bringing them fresh children. The evil
is very widespread in the city, and |
mean to stop it if l can, but in most
cases it is very difficult to obtain proof.
Not long ago | was certain OF 1t i'll
the case Of one child, and |
informed her mother, but what could L
do? | cannot act without the consent of
the parents. In this case the mother
merely denied it and would make no IN
quirieS. | was pOWerleSS, and let the
matter drop. There are cases where
mothers will take the matter up, and hav-
ing their suspicious aroused, look into
the reports and keep the children at
home, but they wont prosecute. The
press ought to take the matter up. There
are some terrible stories to be told, and
! it will do good to call public attention to
| it. Quite recently two of these children
were in court. One was not twelve, and
the other, who is an old hand, is not yet
fourteen. One of the victims is bright,
pretty looking girl of some thirteen
summers, who cried pitifully as she told
her touchin tale. She said:
SIZE WAS BETRAYED
| by an Ottawa man in good position some
! two years GgO.and gave most revolving
account of her own history, as well as
those Of some seven or eight of her as
SOciates. She was just beginning her
career as a recruiter, but fortunately for
| herself it has been cut short. She gave
the names and addresses of several men,
ii they are entitled to the name, who
were in the habit OF S6ducing young
children and paying old hands for the
Introduction OF new ones. From her
account it appears that these heartleSS
ruffianS take the greatest precautiOn
against discovery" A prominent city
detective confirmed to the reporter the
foregoing statement.
THE CHICAGO BOODLERS.
An Fnformer Tells How the Black.
mailing Was Done.
Special to the Globe.
CHICAGO. July 22.-After the opening
speech for the defense in the big Doodle
case to-day, the court took a short re
cess and then eX-CommisSioner Charles
F. Lynn was called as the first WitneS:
for the state. He testified that he anC
several of his colleagues accepted ''com
mission" bribeS from a number of con
tractors. He gave i'll detail the fraudu
lent transactions, and stated tha
there were secret meetings Of The com
mssiOners at which plans were made
for robbing the public in this way
Warden McGarigle, he stated, acted a:
collector of the commissions" and pait
to each member of the combine" hi:
share of the SpOilS. Lynn stated he ha(
received about $1,000 in all as his pOr
ton of the commissions eXtOrted from
COHIIdClOIS lOI supplies lulHlSCu w Il'
county institutions. His damaging
story, though not unexpected, created ;
sensation i'll court.
Lym's crOSS-eXaminatiOn eliciteC
nothing significant save that he was ;
church member. Lynn is a tall, gaunt
looking farmer. He gave his testimon.
in a cool, uncOncerned manner and die
not seem to shrink from the witherin!
gIances directed toward him by hi
twelve old colleagues.